Read online Astoria: Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains - Washington Irving | ePub Online

Read online Astoria: Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains - Washington Irving | ePub

In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honor of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British. But in its short life Astoria rendered incalculable benefits to public understanding of

Title : Astoria: Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
Author : Washington Irving
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